Dirigible automobile lamp-support.



J. A. BAILEY;

DIRIGIBLE AUTOMOBILE LAMP SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10.1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914 WFML UNITED STATES Par JOHN A. BAILEY, OF BEIGE, TEXAS.

Specification of To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BAILEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Brice, in the county of Hall and State of Texas, have'invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Dirigible Automobile with the change of direction of travel of the vehicle, but thisresults in the discontinuance of illumination in the original path of movement of said vehicle.

The object, therefore, inview in my present' invention is to provide means for operating one of the lamps of the vehicle so as to follow the direction-of travel of the same, while maintaining the other of the lamps stationary so thatboth'th'e original path of movement and the path of change of move ment are illuminated.-v Various means for accomplishing this object may beeniployed' but one embodiment of the invention is set forth in the drawings and the description 7 which is to follow.

' to show more clearly Witlithe above and other objects in view,

this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

wherein:

Figure l is a front elevation of a motor vehicle showing an embodiment of my invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 is frag.- mentaryplan view, parts being roken away the arrangement of details of construction; Fig. 2-} s a fragmentary view, partly in section showing more clearly the engaging connection of the Wheel spindle with the operating" means for the lamp standards.

llirougfli lt the following detil description','an'd on the several'figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Speoiiicall.\-' describing the preferred embodiment oi my device and referring to the drawings, 1 designates the frame'ot a mo- I 'DIRIGIBLE AUTOMOBILE LAMP Letters Patent.

; lamp brackets 4 Fig. 3 of the drawings, *tomned with a cam or similar which is adapted to engage the extremity several pzfrts hereinbefore ployed to designate similar parts. I I I The operation of the device is asfollows:

' PORT.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914:.

' Application filed November 10, 1913. Serial No. 800,232.

tor vehicle, 2 the front axle, and 3 the forward steering wheels, all of usual construction. At each side of the frame is disposed a lamp bracket 4- preferably comprising a pair of spaced arms 5 in' which is ournaled at the respective sides a lamp standard 6 carrying its usual form of lamp 7. --The with a tie rod 8 for making I I more rigid the construction as is customary in this art.

are preferably provided Each of the lamp standards 6 has its lower extremity extending through the lower spaced arm 5 of the bracket 4. This extremity is preferably of hollow socket form, being designated by the numeral 6';

The forward axle of the motor vehicle at,

each of its extremities is provided with supporting means such is slidably mounted for nally of the axle, the

member orrod 10,

as keepers 9 in which! movement longitudi which rod is preferably connected at 'its."

inner end with the rearwardly projecting arm 11 formed on the latteiy rod extends into the hollow socket extremity 6 of the adjacent lamp standard 6; "The extremity 6 aforesaid is prefer-av is provided. mits free vertical movement to, accommodate for the movement of the frame of the machine with respect-to the ends '2 due to vibration and resiliency of:

the springs usually employed.

The free end of each slidable n-ieinb'er 10 projects proximate the spindle 13 of the ad jncentnvheel and, as shown most clearly in this spindle may be of'the member 10 upon turning of the wheel 111, one direction. V The construction and arrangement of the described is idea? I lower extremity of a vertically disposed connecting rod 12, which projection 14 I tical at each side'of the machine and for this I reason similar reference characters 'with the direction ofzniovementoftlie wlieel and in so doing the cam or pro ection 14] thereon engages the extremity of the slid ing member 10, and causes said member to move inwardly in a direction longitudinally of the axle 2. By reason of the connection of the member 10 with'the arm 11 on the lower extremity of the connecting rod 12, the last mentioned rod will turn and rotate the lamp standard 6 so as to move the lamp at the left side of the vehicle in a direction corresponding to the direction of travel of said vehicle. By reason of the fact that the cam 14: on the spindle of the opposite or right wheel is moved in a direction contrary to that on the spindle of the left wheel, said cam will not'ioperate the sliding member 10 at the opposite or right si e of said vehicle and therefore the lamp at the right side of the vehicle will remain stationary directing its rays in the original direction of movement} of the vehicle. Turning of the wheels in'gia direction opposite to that described, or toward the right, will move the right lamp to accord with said direction while thegleft lamp will re main stationary, thereby I providing that one lamp will remain statiohgjry while the other lamp is moved in the dirt-lotion of travel of the vehicle.

Inter-posed between the, spaced arms 5 of each lamp bracket n about the lamp standard 6 is a torsion ring 15 connected at one end to the lamp gindard and at its other end to the bracl The function of this spring is to mai n its cooperating lamp in the normal pi) l3lO1l indicated in Fig. l of the drawing, In addition the spring returns the lamp to its normal position when said lamp has been operated by a wheel in turning the vehicle in one or the other of the directions,

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention refers that changes may readily be made in the details of construction of the invention without departing from the\spirit of the invention and within the scppe of the appended claims. i

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination, a motor vehicle, steering wheels therefor including steering spindles, lamps carried by the vehicles, and operating means for turning said lamps disposed in the path of the moven'ientdof the spindles and arranged for operative contact with the latter only upon turning of the Wheels in one direction whereby to operate the lamp on the side corresponding to the direction of turn without operating the other lamp.

2. In combination, a motor vehicle, steering wheels therefor including steer ng spindles having actuating means extending therefrom, lamps carried by thevehicle, operating means normally out of active relation but disposed in the path of movenuance ment of said actuating means whereby upon turning of the wheels to turn a lamp in accord with the change of direction of the travel of the vehicle.

3. In combination, a motor vehicle including a steering wheel and spindle therefor formed with a cam member, a lamp,'operating means for said lamp disposed in the path of movement'of the cam member and adapted to be engaged thereby to turn the lamp in one direction of the turn of the steering Wheel and out of the path of movement of the cam member when said wheel is turned in the opposite direction whereby to maintain the lamp stationary.

t. In combination, a motor vehicle, steering wheels therefore, lamps carried by said 'vehicle, operating means for said lamps comprising a connecting rod and a sliding member connected at one end to said connecting rod and adapted to be engaged at its other end with the steering wheel spindle when one of said Wheels turns in one direction, said sliding member not bein,;""engageable by the spindle upon turning of the wheel in the opposite direction.

5. In combination, a motor vehicle, steering'wheels therefor, lamps carried by said vehicle, operating means for said lamps comprising a connecting rod and a sliding member connected at one end to said conheating rod and adapted to beengaged at its other end with the steering wheel spindle when one of said wheels turns in one direc.

tion, said sliding member not being engageable by the spindle upon turning of the wheel in the opposite direction, and a spring normally tending to hold the lamp in its in-..

operative position.

6. In combination, a motor vehicle, steermg wheels therefor, including steering spindles, lamps disposed at each side of said veof the steering wheel spindles adapted to engage the free end of the adjacent slidingmember aforesaid for turning the lamps in one direction. a

7. In combination, a motor vehicle, steering wheels therefor, including steering spindles, lamps disposed at eachside of said vehicle, standards for said lamps, springs holding the lamps in normal position, the lamp standards aforesaid terminating in socket extremities, means for operating said standards to rotate one of said lamps in the direction of turning movement of the steering wheels and comprising a connecting red for each of said standards extending into the socket extremities thereof whereby to permit relative movement of the connecting rod and the lamp standards, a sliding rod gaging the free end of the sli g rods to 13 rotate the lamps when said steering Wheels are turned in either direction.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. BAILEY. Witnesses J. H. HALLQMAN, W. H. YOUNGBLOOD. 

